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I wonder, said Hermes, what it would be like if animals had human intelligence.I'll wager a year's servitude, answered Apollo, that animals any animal you like would be even more unhappy than humans a

“Here on Saturn, it literally rains diamonds.”For over fifteen years the crew of Kollo-Zarnista Mining Facility 27 has been extracting diamonds from deep within the atmosphere of Saturn, diamonds that

After fifteen years, Dr. Cyrus Mills returns to rural Vermont to inherit the Bedside Manor for Sick Animals, the failing veterinary practice of his recently deceased and long-estranged father. Cyrus,

This volume brings together fifteen essays that examine the appearance, meaning, and significance of dogs in painting, sculpture, manuscripts, literature, and legal records of the period, reaching bey

Think fast with A.J. and Andrea from My Weird School! Did you know that manatees swim by farting? Did you know that a cat named Stubbs was the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska, for fifteen years?! Learn mor

Relates the story of the fifteen-year-old Alaskan boy and his dogs as they prepare for and then run the 158-mile course of the Junior Iditarod Race.

The moments in life of "knowing". On Bognor Beach, with Grandpa England, she had "known" that he, and Papa, and she, would carry something on, something given, something bigger than themselves.Lilibet: a carefree child, a lover of horses and dogs, devoted to her family. And the girl who would be Queen.A.N. Wilson, one of England's most beloved writers, imagines the Queen on the eve of her platinum jubilee. We watch as she discovers, at the tender age of ten, that she is heir to the throne. We witness her meet the dashing Prince Phillip of Greece, who she loved steadfastly from the age of fifteen, and see their friendship blossom into passionate love. Above all, we learn of her astonishing sense of vocation and public duty, which grew during the dark years of WWII and her father's subsequent years of ill health.By turns funny, tender and tragic, Lilibet: The Girl Who Would be Queen honours our beloved monarch and her illustrious reign.Praise for A.N. Wilson's The King and the Christmas

加拿大名作家 安德列．亞歷克斯 最發人省思的寓言故事兩名天神一場心血來潮的賭約，讓15隻狗擁有人的智力，改變了他們的命運。 人類的智慧究竟是天賜的禮物，或者，只是偶爾派得上用場的災難？ 「活著的意義是什麼？是去思考、感受，愛人與嫉妒？本書深刻地探索了以上面向，並對自我意識的本質提出具有洞見與哲學性的思考。這部作品的呈現比重均衡：幽默與野蠻並存，既孤獨又強烈渴望融入群體，感知的散文與戲謔的詩行交錯。